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Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail & Yellow Blaze

2.2 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 53 min

Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail & Yellow Blaze is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Town Forest near Harvard, MA. It climbs 294 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi269 – 430 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail 42.51010, -71.56620
Nearest town Harvard, MA
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Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail & Yellow Blaze

2.2 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 53 min

Elevation 267–429 ft

Out & Back · Town Forest

Trailhead: Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail · 42.51010, -71.56620

Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 77°F / low 67° · precip 92% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Blue Blaze, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Blaze, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miReach Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Blaze, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miBear right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/harvard-snowmobile-club-trail-yellow-blaze-out-back-4-km-545c

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

RainTemperature 77°F67°
Precip92%Wind9 mphUV4Humidity75%
Rained 1.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 12 AM: 4% rain1 AM: 1% rain2 AM: 2% rain3 AM: 19% rain4 AM: 42% rain5 AM: 79% rain6 AM: 80% rain7 AM: 67% rain8 AM: 89% rain9 AM: 92% rain10 AM: 87% rain11 AM: 52% rain12 PM: 63% rain1 PM: 50% rain2 PM: 56% rain3 PM: 52% rain4 PM: 44% rain5 PM: 40% rain6 PM: 42% rain7 PM: 21% rain8 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:04 PM
Tue 82°63°
Wed 83°64°
Thu 86°68° 28%
Fri 95°71° 33%
Sat 92°70° 30%
Sun 95°69°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:44 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:04 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:36 PM.

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